Policy & Ethics

Several Medicare for All proposals are on the table. I intuitively liked one alternative, a Medicare buy-in for those age 50 to 64; moving towards a well-functioning single payer system and more incremental than Medicare for All.

A long time ago, the pioneers of cardiovascular surgery would move from operating room [OR] to operating room performing the critical parts of the surgical procedure.

I'd like to propose a plan to put Americans on Jupiter by 2030. It goes like this:

From hospital inpatient “wealth screenings” for potential donors to digital geofencing cell phones in emergency rooms, the erosion of patient privacy is a prominent reality.

Jimmy McMillan might have been right. Not a name that comes readily to mind? Mr.

Like Pig-Pen from Peanuts, a cloud of filth follows Andrew Wakefield wherever he goes.

I was eating at Panda Express earlier today. (Don't judge me.) I noticed that, after a few bites, my fork was completely bent out of shape. (See image.) So, I took a look at the handle. "Compostable," it said.

Pay for performance (P4P) is all the rage in healthcare. Big Pharma led the way; the popular press would have you believe that one can “incentivize” physicians and their clinical colleagues with as little as a sandwich and a bag of chips.

A recent New York Times editorial "Cosmetics Safety Needs a Makeover" calls for better FDA regula

Under the influence of the CDC Opioid Foolaid, at least a dozen U.S. cities are toying with the idea of opening “supervised” or “safe injection sites” (SIF), where drug addicts can shoot up illicit drugs watched over by medical professionals.